Hyayna

Hyayna
الحياينة
Hilalian Arab tribe
EthnicityArab
NisbaHayyani
LocationMorocco
Parent tribeBanu Hilal
LanguageArabic
ReligionSunni Islam

The Hyayna (Arabic: اَلْحَيَايِنَة) or Banu Hayyan (Arabic: بَنُو حَيَّان) is an Arab tribe that lives in an area north-east of Fes, east of the Sebou river, in Morocco. They are nomadic Bedouins[1] descended from Banu Hilal.[2][3] The confederation is composed of three fractions: Awlad Amran, Awlad Alian and Awlad Riab.

  1. ^ "The dialect of the Hyâyna in Morocco". SIEVERSMEDIEN. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  2. ^ Historical Dictionary of the Bedouins. Muhammad Suwaed. 2015. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-4422-5451-0
  3. ^ Marocains du Nord: entre la mémoire et le projet, pages 28, 29 & 32. Mohamed El Moubaraki, L'Harmattan, 1989, ISBN 9782738400505